Living the Dream in Retirement
As we shiver through record cold temperatures, I came across pictures I’ve taken in winters past. This spectacular ice storm took place in December 2013. I took these while walking around my own yard, the ice glittering as the sun rose, like a fairy land. Remembering that winter, reminds me that even in our coldest season, Michigan is beautiful.
I’ve lived in Michigan my entire life. And I LOVE MICHIGAN!! I love the change in seasons and I find myself falling in love with this autumn of 2014. The colors have been as stunning as I can remember. Only in recent days have we begun to see leaves shredding down at an accelerated rate. I’m just giving a shout out to Michigan Apples as I have just taken my third apple crisp (in a week’s time), out of my oven. We grow (Michiganders being the “we”) superb apples here! I’ve been making double the crumble topping and then baking off a fresh crock o’ apple crisp every couple of days. My mom always said, “pie should be eaten in the first two days”. Words to live by and the same applies to apple crisp in case this needs to be clarified. So there’s my ode to Michigan Apples.
